CVE-2024-53062: media: mgb4: protect driver against spectre

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-11-19 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mgb4: protect driver against spectre Frequency range is set from sysfs via frequency_range_store(), being vulnerable to spectre, as reported by smatch: drivers/media/pci/mgb4/mgb4_cmt.c:231 mgb4_cmt_set_vin_freq_range() warn: potential spectre issue 'cmt_vals_in' [r] drivers/media/pci/mgb4/mgb4_cmt.c:238 mgb4_cmt_set_vin_freq_range() warn: possible spectre second half. 'reg_set' Fix it.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.7 before 6.11.8; 6.12-rc1, 6.12-rc2, 6.12-rc3, 6.12-rc4, 6.12-rc5, 6.12-rc6 — fixed in 6.11.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.11.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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